Never in my wildest dreams could I have expected my career to turn out the way it has so far. Ok... A little back story...

I come from a very hard working, lower to mid, middle class family. I was the second person in my direct family (after my mother) to receive a degree from a college. In saying this, I did not expect to be invited to any opportunity usually reserved for the top, best-of-the-best privileged people. That thought was recently
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